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Once upon a time (so the legend went), a beautiful girl of the proud Dyak tribe persistently scorned a young warrior; desperate as a procrastinating shopper on Christmas Eve, he finally hit on the idea of bringing her a human head. His beloved tenderly declared that this was indeed a gift worthy of a Dyak maiden's heart, and consented to be his bride. Ever since then, the men of Borneo have been passionate headhunters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BORNEO: Sunset on the Sulu Sea | 7/1/1946 | See Source »

Extraction. In Portland, Ore., a shopper popped out her false teeth, let them lie. Reason: she refused to lose her place in the nylon queue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 11, 1946 | 3/11/1946 | See Source »

...Secret. In New London, Conn., a woman shopper unwittingly uttered the code word "Uranium," was handed butter by a furtive grocery clerk, was too flabbergasted to accept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 25, 1946 | 2/25/1946 | See Source »

Both parties have left us with a shopper's choice of taking either a White House ham or an Albany cold fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 23, 1944 | 10/23/1944 | See Source »

What has happened to all the cheap textiles-the 98? dresses, dollar work clothes, 39? aprons, 25? socks? The dearth of these bargain-basement specials has graveled many a low-income shopper, and given many a housewife to wonder whether OPA is really succeeding in holding the line. This same question last week bothered Economic Stabilizer Fred Vinson. He issued orders to WPBoss Don Nelson and OPA Boss Chester Bowles to increase supplies of these inexpensive soft goods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The High Cost of Ceilings | 12/27/1943 | See Source »

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